Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-24
MAX'S MELANGE.
a Street Wanderers Comments and
Opinions on Subjects of Local
Importance.
Brief sketch of an Eminent Actors Rise
in His Profession i The Postal service
Employees and Black Bottles
Remaining the streets.

After the performance Of NirsiniuS at
Blacks opera house on Friday night
passed all hour very pleasantly with MI
Frederick Warde, his manager, Mrs. L. ii.
O'Neil. and his stage manager, Mr.. koDert
Brower. When Mr.. Warde returned from
the opera house to his hotel tthe Arcade)
he was there welcomed by a Jolly crowd OF
Knights of Pythias, he being prominent
member of that order. To see Mr.. Warde
on the stage in his makeup of the charac-
ter of Virginius. or that of Brutus, one
would imagine that he were man well ad-
yanced in years. Such, however, Is not the
case. He is a comparatively young man,
being only 81 years ot age, and Is very
Young to occupy the eminent po-
sition in his profession which
! he has attained. In attaining
tire distinguished position in the dramatic
profession which he now occupies, Mr..
| Warde has passed through the severest
/ trials and has encountered some OF tile
| hardest knocks. He is of the truest metal,
! however, and his rough jostllns with the
world has served. not only to grind on
whatever rough points he may have had,
but also to burnish to their greatest bril-
Iiancy the fine parts of his intellect and
character.
Years ago. Mr.. Warde was graduated from
college and at once entered upon the study
of law. tn which he applied himself dill
gently for nearly three years. lie gave up
law and finally drtted upon the stage. Ills
achievements for several years were only
halt way successful. A gentleman who had
the utmost confidence in his ability to
achieve success, if he were given but fair
opportunity, offered 10 advance him the
money for starring tour. FOR seVerai
seasons they barely made eXpenses-indeed
they often lost money, but despite the dis
couragements which he encountered, MI
Warde never became disheartened, but
worked all the harder on account of his
trials. Night and day he studied and
sought in every way to improve, and If his
audiences were small, his work was just a
earnest and conscientious as if he wert
playing before crowded houses.
These qualities, together with energy,
ability and persistency, finally told an6
success perched upon his banner.
IL was years before he could secur'
dates in the first-claSS opera houses in th'
large cities, because the managers. while
they acknowledged his ability, were afraiC
to risk the effect on their patrons of new
candidate for honOrS IN the lists OF trag
edy. Now Mr.. Warde is unable 10 accom-
date these managers with As long engage
ments as they desire. In cities as large a
Springfield. and even much smaller. IN
was received with the warmest favor lonl
: before people in larger cities had ever seer
: him. lie now declines 10 grant all tina
: the managers in large cities ask, because
; he did he would be compelled to cance
many engagements in smaller cities, anC
would then be accused of abandoning "th'
bridge which carried him safely over" A
) a consequence Mr. Warde will play only on
week in Chicago this season, although he wa
urged by the manager to play at least tw'
weeks. He played in New York week be
fore last and created furore, and he stll
has five weeks engagement In the me
tropolis for this season, where two or three
wears ago he could scarcely get date. Ih'
tidal wave of success has reached him, an'
: after years Of patient, conscientious WORK
; his efforts have been rewarded. He nov
plays to crowded houses wherever he ap
5 pears and is rapidly regaining his tinancia
losses of former years. The press through
I ont the country is unanimous in his praise
anu DN Tic WI Va
: he is ranked as the best all-around actor
e present on the American stage.
: To illustrate his conscientiousness in I'll
7 study of a character. an instance directl
U in point NAV be cited. Nirginius, afte
killing his daughter in the forum, become
D mad. An actor has nothing more difhcuI
I TO do on the stage than to portray madness
yet Mr. Warde's acting in the last act OF VII
ginius is magnificent. He has attaine
greatness in this act by making ali exhaust
: i've study of insanity in all its forms, B
: consultation with eminent physicians, an
/. by going from one asylum To another he ht
Y been enabled 10 make study of speci
u ;, cases. In Hopkinsyille, KY, he discoyere
u man who had become insane because
. murdered his daughter. He watched tn
I man for DAYS. studied his actions and note
the incoherent babbling that fell from h
lips. Thus it was he obtained 50 tne
y conception of Eirginius' madness, and
10 Just such painstaking work he has achieve
!" success in other features of his acting.
-. In social way Mr.. Warde is most agre
able. His conversation is bright aud splc
" and. therefore, entertaining. Upon
n those who saw Mr.. Warde on the stage al
met him socially he left the impression
only of brilliant actor, but also of a I
fined and cultured gentleman.